The joint project KuMuS-ProNeD collaborates with the 'Forschungszentrum für den Schulsport und den Sport von Kindern und Jugendlichen' (FoSS) (engl. Research Centre for School Sports and the Physical Education of Children and Young People) and with the 'Zentrum für Lehrkräftebildung' (ZLB) (engl. Centre for Teacher Education) to advance digital innovations in teacher education and physical education. This cooperation enables the direct integration of scientific findings into teacher training.
The KuMuS-ProNeD consortium aims to establish an integrated overall concept for teacher education in the subjects of art, music, and physical education. This is implemented through three interdisciplinary, cross-phase networks – professional development, lesson development and consultation, and the Future Innovation Hub – supplemented by the cross-sector working area Translation and Dissemination.
At KIT, KuMuS-ProNeD focuses on the subject of physical education and comprises two key subprojects:
- Network 1: Professional Development
This subproject develops and evaluates training opportunities for physical education teachers to integrate digital media into PE lessons for health promotion. The first training day was already designed and implemented in November 2024 in cooperation with the 'Zentrum für Schulqualität und Lehrerbildung' (ZSL) (engl. Centre for School Quality and Teacher Training) Baden-Württemberg. These professional development sessions serve both to further develop the concepts and to conduct needs assessments for future training programs.
- Network 2: Future Innovation Hub
This subproject explores innovative applications of 360° video technology/ VR in physical education. In cooperation with teachers, the ZSL, as well as university and international partners, new application scenarios are tested, transfer opportunities examined, and concepts for movement analysis developed. Cross-site collaboration with universities such as Stuttgart, Mainz, and Tübingen contributes to further conceptual and methodological development.

Term

• 2023 -2026

Participating institutions

• ZLB:
  The Center for Teacher Education (ZLB) at KIT is a central scientific institution whose core tasks include advising and supporting students, managing study programs, developing the content of study programs and networking with internal KIT stakeholders and external educational partners. In KuMuS ProNeD, the ZLB supports the development of further education modules for the professional development of teaching staff.
  
• FoSS:
  The Research Center for School Sport and Sport for Children and Young People (FoSS) at the IFSS is dedicated to interdisciplinary research in the field of school sport and sport for children and young people and supports the KuMuS ProNeD project with scientific expertise in health-oriented school sport, the development and evaluation of innovative concepts for physical education and further training for teachers.
  
• ISD:
  The Institute for School Pedagogy and Didactics (ISD) consists of three departments and professorships (Sports Pedagogy, Interdisciplinary Didactics of STEM Subjects and Sports and Vocational Education), which jointly pursue the goal of further developing teacher training at KIT. In this way, the ISD promotes interdisciplinary (subject) didactic research and builds on KIT's particular strengths in this area.